Новости за 22.01.2017

PARIS — Mario Balotelli’s teammate, Alassane Plea, says he heard Bastia supporters racially abusing the Nice striker with monkey chants during Friday night’s league match. On Saturday, Balotelli described the abuse he heard during the 1-1 draw at the 20,000-capacity Armand Cesari stadium in Corsica, complaining that the French league had not acted swiftly. Plea,

LONDON — Alexis Sanchez chipped a penalty into the net deep into stoppage time to give 10-man Arsenal a 2-1 victory over Burnley on Sunday, sending the north London club up to second in the Premier League. Burnley looked like taking its second point on the road this season when substitute Francis Coquelin tripped Ashley

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana environmental groups are gearing up for round two in a battle against a proposed 163-mile oil pipeline that would stretch across south Louisiana from Lake Charles through the Atchafalaya Basin and east to St. James. A public hearing last week for a required U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit drew

LOS ANGELES — Fast-moving floodwaters swept through California mountain communities and residents fled homes below hillsides scarred by wildfires as the third — and largest — in the latest series of storms brought a deluge Sunday and warnings about damaging mudslides. The National Weather Service cautioned that the system was expected to gain strength into

MILAN — On his 300th Serie A match as coach, Massimiliano Allegri appeared to throw caution to the wind as Juventus fielded an all-out attacking lineup against Lazio on Sunday. But it paid off as Juventus bounced back from last weekend’s defeat at Fiorentina to beat Lazio 2-0, with goals from Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo

JERUSALEM — The Latest on Israeli plans in the West Bank and east Jerusalem in the Trump era (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says his Security Cabinet has unanimously agreed to postpone a vote on a proposal to annex a major West Bank settlement. The pro-settler Jewish Home Party

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — The California Institute of the Arts was created partly by Walt Disney’s desire to bring more top-flight animators into the profession. And it has during its 47 years, though for a long time almost all were men. Now, nearly three-quarters of CalArts’ more than 250 animation students are women, and there’s

VIENNA — OPEC and key non-OPEC oil producers are near their target of taking 1.8 million barrels of crude a day off global markets less than two months after agreeing to do so in efforts to push up the price of crude, Russia’s energy minister said Sunday. Alexander Novak’s upbeat comments to reporters came at

CAIRO — Egypt said on Sunday it has agreed to Italy’s request to send experts to try and retrieve footage from security cameras at a Cairo metro station that a murdered Italian student used the day he disappeared nearly a year ago. A statement by Egypt’s chief prosecutor said the Italian experts would be accompanied

PARIS — Striker Valere Germain and midfielder Gabriel Boschilia got two goals each as free-scoring Monaco thrashed struggling Lorient 4-0 in the French league on Sunday to move two points clear of Nice at the top. Monaco has scored more league goals than any other team in Europe’s top five leagues and this latest rout

BIDDEFORD, Maine — A bright neon piece of rock ‘n’ roll history is going up for auction — a marquee from the legendary Los Angeles club, Whisky a Go Go. The 13-foot sign, with letters alight in bright pink, adorned the West Hollywood club in the ’80s and ’90s, during the heyday of punk, new

HONOLULU — President Donald Trump has disputed climate change, pledged a revival of coal and disparaged wind power, and his nominee to head the Energy Department was once highly skeptical of the agency’s value. What this means for states’ efforts to promote renewable energy is an open question. States that are pushing for greater reliance

MELBOURNE, Australia — Angelique Kerber said before the Australian Open that she wasn’t putting too much pressure on herself as the top-seeded player at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. Clearly, she is still getting used to being No. 1. The German player ended Serena Williams’ reign atop the rankings after picking up

MADRID — Spain’s east coast is being hit with heavy wind gusts and rainstorms that have resulted in port closures and evacuations in many towns. Bad weather conditions began taking a toll on Thursday, when authorities said around 2,000 people were trapped overnight in vehicles as heavy snowfall cut off several roads in eastern Spain,

MOSCOW — The president of the German Olympic Committee has called for Russia to be banned from the 2018 and 2020 Olympics if sports bosses there are found to have known about state-sponsored doping. Alfons Hoermann told Die Welt newspaper that bans from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the 2020 summer games in

PARIS — A quick look at the two candidates advancing to the Jan. 29 runoff of France’s Socialist Party presidential primary, and how it works: BENOIT HAMON, 49 Resume: Former French junior minister, briefly education minister, former Socialist Party spokesman rebelled, with Montebourg, against Hollande’s policies in 2014. Pledges: To give 750 euros ($800) “universal

BOSTON — A man has been arrested and charged with setting off an early-morning fire alarm at a Boston hotel that roused the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of their playoff with the New England Patriots. Massachusetts State Police spokesman Dave Procopio says Pittsburgh’s team was staying at the Logan Airport Hilton hotel when a fire

ATLANTA — The Latest on severe weather gusting through the southeastern U.S. (all times local): 8:45 p.m. Residents of Albany, the largest city in southwest Georgia, are reporting trees down, roadside flooding and other damage after being struck by the severe storm system blamed for at least 18 weekend deaths in the South. Bridgit Simmons

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers are pushing to change a law that allows the government in some cases to take the personal property of a citizen. Eight bills have been submitted this legislative session to reform the state’s civil forfeiture law, the Indianapolis Star (http://indy.st/2iDvdGJ) reported. The practice raises millions of dollars each year for local

SOUTHAMPTON, England — Southampton condemned Leicester to the 11th loss of its Premier League title defense with a 3-0 victory on Sunday, leaving the champions five points above the relegation zone. James Ward-Prowse, Jay Rodriguez and Dusan Tadic scored as Southampton eased to victory, leaving Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester looking short of ideas in attack and

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Latvian pilots raced to a 1-2 finish in a 4-man bobsled Word Cup event Sunday won by Oskars Kibermanis. Kibermanis drove to the fastest time in both runs on the Olympia track despite not clocking the highest speeds. Holding a 0.01-second lead from the first run, Kibermanis extended his winning margin

MADRID — Sevilla salvaged a key 4-3 victory in a thrilling game against last-placed Osasuna on Sunday, guaranteeing second place at the halfway point of the Spanish league season. Captain Vicente Iborra scored twice – in addition to his own goal – to help Sevilla win its fifth in a row and remain only one

PARIS — A 23-year-old French man whom international authorities allege was a leading recruiter for the Islamic State group has been arrested and given preliminary terrorism charges in France. A judicial official said Sunday that Kevin Guiavarch will remain in custody pending further investigation. Guiavarch was handed preliminary charges Saturday of association with terrorist criminals

It’s a scary place to be — in debt and afraid. A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report found that more than one in four consumers felt threatened when contacted by debt collectors. The first-ever national survey of consumer experiences with debt collectors found consumers often faced calls that came too often, at odd hours

MELBOURNE, Australia — A look at the Australian Open on Sunday: WEATHER: Sunny, high of 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit). ATTENDANCE: Day 44,615: Night: 16,977. TOTAL: 61,592. MEN’S FOURTH-ROUND RESULTS: Mischa Zverev def. No. 1 Andy Murray 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4; No. 4 Stan Wawrinka def. Andreas Seppi 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4); No. 12